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00:00I can't believe we're back here.
00:13It's like a nightmare.
00:15I can't do it.
00:15I've not got this until...
00:17Oh, mate.
00:18You've got to get in.
00:20I'm in.
00:20I'm in.
00:21I'm in as much as I want to be.
00:30Come on, Rob.
00:33You've got to do it.
00:57I am very excited, Rob.
01:00We are doing, arguably, my first love, hip-hop.
01:04Yeah, because we've done stuff in the past, boxing, UFC, stuff I'm into.
01:08I think we've done so much stuff you're into.
01:11Yeah.
01:12I'm starting to think it might not be Rob and Romish versus.
01:14I started to think I am your sidekick.
01:18No, but I would say, though, in a double act,
01:20there's always one will be the sidekick and the other one,
01:22and it shapeshifts to, like,
01:24Ant and Dec had a bit of a moment when Dec was the main guy
01:27and Ant was his sidekick.
01:28Do you know what I mean?
01:28So, all switches in and out, you know?
01:30So, what are you saying?
01:31Horn and cordon.
01:32Are you saying I'm the horn to your cordon?
01:33Do you know what?
01:34I'm happy with either.
01:35As long as I'm still on the telly, I'll do what you want.
01:38No, I know that.
01:38You don't need to announce that out loud.
01:40No, they know that.
01:41I'd go in the jungle.
01:42Yeah, of course you would.
01:43Shit off a shovel.
01:44I'd do it all.
01:45Dance on ice.
01:45Shit on a shovel, you'd go on.
01:47Go on, shit off a shovel?
01:48All right, okay.
01:48How many days filming that much?
01:49I'm Rob Beckett and this is shit off a shovel.
01:54Welcome to shit off a shovel.
01:57Anyway, hip-hop.
01:59So, we're going to have to rap.
02:01Well, I assume there will be some rapping,
02:02but that's not all that hip-hop is.
02:04Oh, God, have I done a white mistake?
02:06No, no, you have not done a white mistake.
02:07No.
02:09Oh, God, have I done a white man cutting up?
02:11I'm Rob Beckett and this is white mistake.
02:13So, what made you fall in love with hip-hop?
02:19Um, somebody left a Public Enemy album.
02:21It takes a nation of millions to hold us back.
02:23Right.
02:23And it was one of those things where,
02:25you know when you, uh,
02:27you first listen to music and go,
02:28I don't even know what this is?
02:30It's like nothing I've ever heard before.
02:32And then you just loved it?
02:33Yeah.
02:33You've got loads of tattoos as well,
02:35so what you've got on there?
02:35What's the big one?
02:36So, this is like, I decided to get my heroes.
02:38I've got Wu-Tang there and Public Enemy here.
02:41And then I've got Biggie here.
02:43Have you met any of the ones on your arm, the heroes?
02:45Because they might think you're a bit odd.
02:46I think that's possible.
02:48And a bit like,
02:49ooh, this could be a bit baby reindeer here with him.
02:51He's got to be tackled on.
02:51But do you know what it is?
02:52I feel quite embarrassed showing all that.
02:54It's like sad.
02:54It's like showing you a little hobby.
02:56Do you know what I feel like I'm doing?
02:57I'm showing you my train set that I've got at home.
02:59I love how much you love it.
03:00Also, it takes the pressure off me.
03:02You've not stopped talking.
03:02It's wonderful.
03:03No wonder you like working with me.
03:04Fuck me up at a shift in normally.
03:09So, when you were younger,
03:10you did rap it, didn't you?
03:11Yeah.
03:12Come on, then.
03:16Is that a beat?
03:17Is that a beat?
03:21I don't know what I'm doing.
03:22Tell me a beat and I'll do the beat.
03:24Just clear it on your throat.
03:24Just do like a...
03:25Yeah.
03:26I'm just waiting for you to actually be at the same BPM for more than, like, two bars.
03:41Oh, sorry if it's a BPM.
03:42It's a BPM.
03:43It's just one of the problems.
03:44I'm like, you fucking rat.
03:47When you're trying to ride a beat, you know, it's very difficult to stay on BPM.
03:50Jump on and give it a good old ride, mate.
03:53Okay, go on, then.
03:53Go on, go on.
03:53I bring the bus up.
03:59You know this ain't the margarine.
04:00I'm quick to clean up the seal up.
04:02My name was MC Wendeline.
04:03I'm in your fears.
04:04Lyrics flicking on bannisters.
04:05I can't do the rest.
04:06That's it.
04:06I did it wrong, anyway.
04:07I didn't know if it was two tutors or two...
04:11We're bad, though.
04:13Yeah.
04:14So, where are we going to find out about hip-hop, then, Mr Hip-Hop?
04:17Well, hip-hop originated, was born in New York.
04:21So, that's exactly where we were headed.
04:25New York has produced some of the greatest rappers of all time.
04:29From Jay-Z to Big E to Nas, the list goes on and on.
04:33To ease Robin gently, I was taken him to Union Square
04:39for his first proper taste of the New York rap scene.
04:43Mate, I'm buzzing for this.
04:44New York.
04:45He's good at it.
04:46Yeah, I know you're excited.
04:47I'm a bit overexcited.
04:48I love New York.
04:48What are you most excited about in New York?
04:51I just get here, and I just feel like we can do anything.
04:55Okay.
04:55To be the president.
04:57Yeah, well, neither of us could, because we weren't born in the States, but...
04:59Apart from that.
05:00Yeah.
05:01Anyway.
05:02Pretty much anything.
05:03Union Square.
05:04Yeah.
05:05Very traditional, old-school kind of hip-hop place for cyphers.
05:09What's a cypher?
05:09So, cypher is where, like, a load of rappers get together
05:11and they just sort of show off their skills.
05:14Union Square's cypher is a weekly showcase.
05:17Some of New York's finest MCs stepping up in an open-mic-style event
05:20where anyone can get involved.
05:23Cyphers have been a proving ground in hip-hop for decades,
05:26and some of the best have stepped up from Busta Rhymes to Eminem.
05:30But what I wanted to know was if Ron would get stuck in.
05:34Deep down, he wants to be a rapper.
05:37Okay?
05:37Most comedians want to be something else other than comedians, mainly happy.
05:41As much as I love him, he's still a 47-year-old from Crawley.
05:47And that is going to hit hard in a hip-hop park.
05:51We'd arrived just as things were warming up for the evening.
05:57I guess it's time for me to step into the cypher.
06:00Anytime I'm on the mic, the people get high.
06:02Love the energy, all this femininity.
06:06I'm in a store like Doug.
06:07Can't you tell?
06:08They say the world is yours for the taking if I shall.
06:11Create like cocktails.
06:13Design for fiends, all a shirk, bet it all sell.
06:15I was still a cypher newbie, but as the night went on,
06:19even I could see the level was going up.
06:27But now there was real competition to get involved.
06:30And that wasn't easy.
06:31Big fan of the cypher.
06:45Really talented they are, and they're just doing it in a park for free.
06:48I mean, I've paid good money to sit through some absolute shite at the theatre.
06:52Never my choice, Lou makes me go,
06:53but I reckon I've done 100 quid on dog shit.
06:56That was great, and it was nothing.
06:58It just shows you, open your eyes.
06:59There's a lot of good entertainment out there.
07:00It's amazing, isn't it?
07:06Mate, I love cyphers.
07:08Yeah, good, aren't I?
07:09That's so much fun.
07:10Yeah, it's good.
07:10When I was in that circle,
07:12I, at one point, was like, I'm getting into this, I'm enjoying this.
07:15I wasn't going to, but I was probably three pints away from actually rapping.
07:20Yeah.
07:20Were you tempted to throw your hat in the ring and just see what happens?
07:24No.
07:24It could have been your moment.
07:25Yeah, it could also have been absolutely humiliating.
07:27On the face of it, that would be a dream come true for somebody like me.
07:32You know, my dream was to be a rapper.
07:35What I've discovered is that because I like hip-hop so much, I'm more embarrassed to be shit at it.
07:42Ron was wobbling, and if he was going to live out his hip-hop fantasy, we needed reinforcements.
07:47Who do you reckon is the best out of that lot, then?
07:50The guy in the red jacket, the guy in the white jacket.
07:53Do you know what?
07:54I think they're pros that have turned up to a fiver side.
07:56Yeah.
07:57Just beat the shit out of everyone.
07:58What I was going to say was, because I'm a sucker for a guy with grills.
08:02Right.
08:03So I like that guy, too.
08:04I just like anyone that's got sort of more prominent teeth than me.
08:07We can get some if you want.
08:08They've got to go over these.
08:09Yeah, I mean, for you, it would be a lot of gold.
08:11Do they do them for horses?
08:12Turned out the guy in the red jacket was CJ Fly, one of Brooklyn's finest and a founding member of Pro Era, the hip-hop collective that launched Joey Badass.
08:23His freestyles had pulled in millions of views, and his music videos go just as hard.
08:34CJ knows the New York rap game Inside Out, so we grabbed him for a quick chat.
08:39What I felt was stressful in that was, like, waiting a few moments to come in and put the pressure on to get your lines out.
08:44It's like double dutch.
08:45You got to...
08:45Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:46You know what I mean?
08:47How do you freeze?
08:47So how, like, is there a system you do it with or to just completely...
08:50You know, there's multiple ways.
08:52You can just think of a random word and just build off of that.
08:54You know what I mean?
08:54Like, your name is...
08:56Rob.
08:56And...
08:57I need a new job.
08:59Right?
08:59And I love to eat corn on the...
09:01Cob.
09:02And if I open the door, you know I got a...
09:04Knob.
09:05Or a...
09:06Doorknob.
09:06Fob.
09:07Fob.
09:09Yeah, so you got it.
09:10It's that simple.
09:10If you take your time like that, they won't be like, oh, hurry up.
09:13They're going to let you get yours off.
09:15I think I'd have to practice at home first.
09:16You want to practice?
09:17We can practice right now and I'll just give it a little sample.
09:20No, I can't.
09:20My eyesight's gone like that.
09:22I can't.
09:23I feel sick just thinking about it.
09:24Rom had bottled the cypher, but CJ had another idea to help him unlock his inner MC.
09:30If you're up for it, you guys come to the studio.
09:33I got a song I think you guys would kill.
09:35You're saying you want us to get on a song?
09:37Yeah.
09:37It's a rap on one of your songs.
09:40Okay.
09:40Why not?
09:41Yeah, we're here now.
09:43Scared money don't make no money.
09:44Come on.
09:45Come on, baby.
09:46Come on.
09:47You got to get it.
09:47Yeah, okay, fine, fine.
09:48And he loves making money.
09:50Bada bing, bada boom.
09:51You know what I mean?
09:52Just like that.
09:52You're locked in.
09:53Welcome to death row.
09:56Thank you so much, man.
09:58I'm going to holler at you.
09:58I'm going to go do what we do in New York City.
10:00Y'all be safe out here.
10:01See you in the studio.
10:02See y'all.
10:02Holler.
10:03Holler.
10:03Yeah, for sure.
10:04Can I say holler back?
10:05Holler.
10:05Yeah.
10:06Peace.
10:06I think I'm getting too into it.
10:07Yeah, that's a bit of a...
10:08I said holler and peace and did that.
10:10Yeah.
10:11Fuck.
10:12But after a while you get into it, like...
10:15I did a really good handshake at the end.
10:17I've been very formal, but that one's very hip-hop.
10:19Are you saying all this out loud?
10:20Yeah, that's just what I did.
10:21I did this, right?
10:21Yeah.
10:22Like that.
10:23Yeah.
10:23And then a bit of that.
10:24I watched Fresh Prince as well.
10:26Oh, it's like that, is it?
10:27I got a right rap.
10:28I'm just quite stressed about that.
10:29Do a start opening line.
10:31Okay.
10:32Oh, God.
10:33Are you doing it now?
10:34Yeah, I did it in my head and it was horrible.
10:36It was so hard, isn't it?
10:38That's why I got some...
10:38Check the melody, the bad boy Remedy.
10:40Bobby B coming at you and it's musical therapy.
10:43I spit bars, I spit Mike, I spit on your dick.
10:46Your main mate Mick, but I lick your prick.
10:48Oh, my God.
10:49Did you just make that up?
10:51Yes.
10:52Do you think I wrote that and then I'm sitting on it?
10:54I just said Mick, dick, lick, prick.
10:57What?
10:57I'm far from here.
10:58I know it's called Mick.
11:00That's what was in there.
11:01I would have licked my father-in-law's dick.
11:03No, you spit on it.
11:04That's why I don't...
11:05I'll spit on my father-in-law's dick and lick it, Mick.
11:08That's what's in my head.
11:09That's why I don't freestyle.
11:11That would have got attention in the cipher.
11:12God, fuck.
11:16I'll be able to look at him again next time I see Mick.
11:18We're at Centre Park, he slips his shorts on.
11:20And then he's got a big deal.
11:30Rom and I are in the Big Apple to immerse ourselves in the world of hip-hop.
11:36After watching New York's finest ballet out at the cipher, rapper CJ Fly had given us our big break.
11:42you're saying you want us to get on a song yeah it's a wrap on one of your
11:46songs okay why not but before we started writing any lyrics I had to get
11:52something off my chest last night was pretty amazing wasn't it it was great I
11:57do have some regrets can I can I guess I know you're gonna say gone they're a
12:01little were little what little thing inside you what you're a little bit not
12:06confident last night but I'm reflecting you've got I could have been good at
12:09that no I don't think I could have done a cypher in Union you don't do a cypher
12:14but I'll perform in this yeah I just get involved yeah and you regret it not
12:18doing it yeah I am I wanted you to do it but I didn't want to push I should have
12:22pushed your father I should have pushed you harder I should have further then I
12:26I should have pushed you I've never I should have made you do it I've never
12:29heard you say the word father before never I didn't know I didn't make anyway
12:33CJ sent us this beat for this track would you like to hear it for the this
12:37isn't cypher no this is I'm overwhelmed by the hip-hop I know this is the song
12:42that we've got to wrap to you ready so this is cypher's song that he's written
12:45that we're gonna I don't know who you think cypher is his name CJ sorry God it
12:49is a lot to take you just can't you can't God just use the word cypher for
12:52everything you know what you're using it everywhere with hip-hop the closer I
12:55get the farther I feel nice thanks no hit the beat
13:00what do you think I'm panicking already yeah okay just yeah what I've encouraged
13:09you to do now just do some like noises if you're about to start wrapping try that
13:12up yeah yeah here we go oh yo rubber rom oh yeah I think that'd be enough wouldn't it
13:21make it go okay right sip and bang licking jack
13:27it's been on someone's dick or licking his stepdad's gooch what the fuck is wrong with you I don't
13:38it always mean licking and such indeed that's something you talked about with
13:41your therapist that's not for me to decipher yeah yeah don't sweat the technique clearly one
13:51of us needed a lot of help what doesn't really have an understanding of hip-hop and so what I'm
13:56hoping is he sort of becomes inspired through the tour in the home of the genre I love so much
14:04I'd sorted a hip-hop history bus tour of New York courtesy of rap legend Mike C
14:09fellas hey man nice to meet you guys Mike's a founding member of the fearless four the first
14:16ever hip-hop group to sign to a major label in 1983 Mike was around when it all started what I'm
14:24hoping is what walks out of this feeling a bit more hip-hop about the whole thing you know and
14:28then he can start writing his verse but the problem I've got is when rock rocks he wants to suck off his
14:34father-in-law our first stop was 1520 Cedric Avenue it looked like any other street to me but it turns
14:42out it changed music forever come on guys I'm gonna tell y'all the whole story on how hip-hop began right
14:49now on August 11 1973 there was a young girl named Cindy Cindy wanted to throw going back to school
14:58party so she went to her brother who was a well-known DJ in the Bronx his name was DJ cool her now what was
15:05at the party was the vibe the vibe was crazy because you got DJ in MC in breaking and graffiti all this
15:14was at the party at one time and that night hip-hop was born guys you are standing on holy ground this
15:20where hip-hop actually began so Mike wanted to mark the occasion with a surprise I want you guys to put
15:26this stuff on because I want you to feel that how hip-hop actually dressed back in the day okay
15:32put that on that looks good alright put that on oh thanks you gotta have the hat you gotta have a hat
15:48yeah just like that I think what this tour is really good for is increasing understanding of
15:54the origins of hip-hop while burning off any dignity that you might have knocking around that you wanted
15:59to get rid of it's like somebody's gone I'm gonna take you to meet all of your favorite footballers
16:04you're gonna have a tour of the ground you'll seal the trophies meet the manager you're gonna have
16:08all of these incredible experiences but you have to have a rubber cock tied to your forehead all right
16:14give yourselves a round of applause because y'all looking good y'all looking good this is what hip-hop
16:17looked like back in the day there you go that's the fashion police we were soaking up the history but
16:28Mike wasn't just there to reminisce he knew how to put lyrics together which was exactly the help we
16:33needed so basically we've been given a challenge to write our own verse to lay down on a track okay
16:39so do you have any tips for how to put together a good rapper you dig deep inside and you just find the
16:46words and once you find the words that that what you're trying to say yeah now you want to find
16:51words that mean the same way that rhyme to find your truth then find the rhyme like Rob's Rob's been
16:57trying to do a bit of freestyling yeah but the problem is when he freestyles and he sort of
17:01trying to worry about freestyle it's going it starts to become quite sexual do you know what I mean
17:05is that what's it I get it I get it I get it because I think like dick rhymes with so much
17:10stuff it does yeah it does yeah think about it and lick lick slick yeah yeah yeah yeah it make
17:19it's millions of words that rhymes yeah the dick it's kind of a cheat word yeah it's a million words
17:26that rhyme with cat and hat we don't really use those words because there's so many words that rhyme with
17:31them so it's like you know why rhyme with that so maybe I should use penis instead penis is a better
17:35word to rhyme with yeah I really want to get because you got you got Venus yeah so you want
17:40your penis to be the cleanest yeah absolutely my penis to be the cleanest and trust me I really mean
17:44that and you mean it yeah yeah we grow men sitting on the bus talk about rhyming with penis I love Mike
17:51so much charisma so much personality he's got a lot he's like hip-hop Bradley Walsh Mike was an
18:01inspiring guy and he had one last stop that might reignite Rom after his cypher meltdown this story
18:08right here I'm gonna give y'all the story of the battle between cool Mo D and chief rocker busy B
18:14Starsky the battle happened in 1981 between MC busy B and cool Mo D
18:25Mike was taking us to Harlem to recreate cool Mo D's legendary battle verse right where it happened the
18:40only problem was that meant getting off the bus hey guys let's go this way I can't believe you've
18:45got us out here wearing this man y'all look nice I don't understand what the problem you guys look
18:51really good and if you see nobody saying nothing right because you guys look hip-hop and everybody
18:56likes that this is an absolute mugging it's a good look no all right let's stop right here let's stop
19:01right please it's most people coming out here it's perfect let the people get out you know the
19:05government website tells you where it's safe to visit so they'll say stuff like Russia Ukraine
19:08swerve it for a bit don't travel because there's a war one of them would be if you're Rob Beckett
19:13dressed in run DMC outfit don't stand in Harlem alone it wasn't like that the cool Mo D gave busy
19:18be that sucker punch and I say sucker punch because busy did not know it was coming we were right
19:24outside the former nightclub where the battle happened and Mike was ready to give us a taste
19:28of cool Mo D's bars even the best and you can't win no real MC contest celebrity club and bullshit
19:35like those those are kind of wins that everybody knows celebrity I was enjoying Mike's rendition but
19:40it's hard to focus when half of Harlem staring at you know you lose between me and you who do you
19:45think they'll choose I think this might be a tour for the residents of the New York area where Mike
19:52says if you pay me $5 I'll bring two twats through the area and just walk them around because you're
19:59faking the fuck and at the end of this rhyme you can call me uncle Mo D rock shot the house
20:04crowd with bananas yeah so that's the story of cool Mo D and busy beat right here all right right
20:13story right okay all right I've had a great time I love Mike C he gave us some amazing stories what I
20:24learned from it it's about heart and just what you want to be doing I had a great time with you guys
20:30and also I want you to keep in mind never stop rocking and never stop dreaming all right yes thank you so much
20:45we're in New York trying to live out ROM's hip-hop dream but things weren't going to plan you have a
20:51little bit not confident last night I know you're gonna sign gone you could have done a
20:54cypher and you regret not doing it yeah and so after bailing on the cypher we've been roped into
21:01recording verses with New York hip-hop star CJ fly scared money don't make no money come on come on
21:08baby and now we've only a day before hitting the studio we needed inspiration so we're off to meet
21:14a living hip-hop legend and one of ROM's biggest heroes Wu-Tang clans Raekwon this is a big for you
21:23yeah it's what yeah I'm I'm a bit worried about it you don't nervous it's just I love those thanks so
21:30much Raekwon is one of the godfathers of modern rap not only was your founding member of the legendary
21:39Wu-Tang clan his first solo album only built for Cuban links is regarded as one of the greatest hip-hop
21:45albums of all time Raekwon yeah is that hero yeah he's not one of the greatest rappers of all time
21:54now but you've literally got Wu-Tang tattoo now are you gonna hide the tattoo are you gonna leave
21:58with the tattoo I'm wearing a jacket yeah it's unseasonably warm I was gonna say that it's very
22:04hot and you've got a jacket on where's the time when it's wrist it's it's quite close oh that's so
22:10so as we walk in but I think so you can go shake his hand so I go to shake Raekwon's hand no with
22:17your right hand go and do it no no no don't do that just I'm gonna do that I don't I do because I think
22:25sometimes it's better to get stuff out in the open if I'm trying to say is though I think he'll
22:29appreciate your adoration okay so if you go in and go can I just say love you no I'm certainly not
22:36that's certainly the first thing I say already phrase it but like you go in and go like oh this
22:40is a real honor and privilege for me huge I might say that got a tattoo can I actually don't show it
22:45okay I'm not gonna show the tattoo but can I just say the other thing is if you don't know you've got
22:49in your mind's art please do not do this you're saying it like a threat okay I won't but you will
22:54yeah almost immediately I don't want to show the tattoo okay it's let's be honest it's sad but if
23:09Rob does bring it into play I'm quite calm about it because I've got a countermeasure
23:14thank you man wow this is a surprise man talk to me man yeah what do y'all got what are y'all doing
23:33here man basically I'm a massive hip-hop fan obviously like you're one of the best to ever
23:37do it thanks so yeah it's there um and your sleeves riding up by the way oh yeah thanks
23:42um okay I'm just gonna show I'm just gonna get this out of the way I'm a massive oh shit I didn't even
23:48see that that's real right yeah that's real yeah oh shit yeah so this is a big moment for this little
23:54yeah I yeah no I don't want to go I'm just gonna get this out of the way talk to me Wu-Tang have been
23:59such a big part of my life man and I just when like 36 Chambers came out it was you know I know I know
24:06you've heard this lives but like it just it changed hip-hop man and hip-hop's been different
24:11ever since and you're one of the greatest ever do it so I'm a bit nervous about how much of a
24:15man come on man we all one man we all one man and I want to say thank you for all that love you you
24:22know you've been there all I can say is that we are all brothers from a different mother when it comes
24:28to this music thing you know what I mean so yeah let's get down to business on there well we've been
24:34asked by CJ Fly to basically spit a verse on one of his tunes so Rob's never really rapped before
24:41at all both of y'all smashing the verse yeah we're both doing a verse each but what god damn it's a big
24:48but we're gonna teach you about hip-hop and the first thing I want to tell you is hip-hop is about
24:54expression this is poetry still so once you start thinking like a poet you start painting pictures in
25:03your mind of what you may want to say you know and everything starts from freestyling having fun
25:09matching with the vibe of the music and hip-hop is like rock man sex drugs and rock and roll man let
25:15me ask you a question you on drugs not yet but you got some you're on drugs no I'm not on drugs but if
25:24it does make my rap better I am willing to try but see that's the whole thing you know what I mean I
25:28think you should try this master class from Rayquan was exactly what we needed but I knew Robert
25:39started writing already so it was time for payback you've got something though what's that you got
25:45have you got like any couple of lines yeah that's what I'm saying now let's start already before we
25:49even heard well no I have actually written okay go on look you got the face and all of that I believe
25:55him yeah yeah okay I believe the swell book he's like yo he looked at her real quick like yeah I
25:59really got my shit well no because I like I cause I it's all new to me I was like I didn't want to
26:04turn up with nothing it's a good attitude that's a good start oh I feel really no I feel really
26:09immediately nervous look if it makes you wow I'd say from naught to nervous that's the quickest I've ever
26:17if it's if it takes any pressure off one of the best to ever do it no that adds pressure okay
26:22adds pressure right okay let me have a pressure makes diamond so good right I got some rap in
26:29front of Rayquan okay right you're all over the shop now just okay that's just I'm just going to
26:34concentrate it's not about being funny now it's about yeah okay right like that I like that all right
26:39here we go it's right okay yeah okay he's doing okay he's really following the fucking rule books
26:48they're fucking up in there yeah I am right he's there yeah I love it this part of the process
26:53nice to meet you I'm a be lucky son diamond geezer I'm one of those old school grafters too busy
27:01gigging to make it to the afters tell jokes make notes tax gets paid told as a kid I never make the
27:06grade from 20 in the crowd at Ranga's boozers but me and his boy ain't no losers we go got the world
27:12laughing like hyenas playing to sell out arenas mad what we've managed to achieve shout out to the
27:17lads that didn't believe what the fuck is going on you say the guy I know now you gotta leave the
27:22room this is not the same fucking this this guy ain't knowing shit man please sit in there man
27:28is that okay that's fucking amazing man you got lines man that was good man that was pretty good
27:34that was horrible if you'd have said to me you are going to now lay down a verse on a hip-hop track
27:41and one of you has had an endorsement from one of the greatest rappers of all time my guess would
27:47not be Rob Beckett out of the two of us and that's if you gave me five guesses now I'm 100% confident
27:53that he can do it I gotta hear this fucking beat when y'all finish it thanks so much it's been amazing
27:58thank you so much y'all y'all got it what an honor man 90% of me is happy for Rob but 10% of me is
28:04really pissed off and he didn't even look that impressed with the tattoo I was feeling ready for
28:13the studio after getting Rayquan's seal of approval there was only one thing missing it looks cool as
28:19he's got silver teeth they're grills we can get some if you want and now CJ had arranged for us to get
28:27some grills of our own so we'd sent him some molds and headed to Manhattan's Diamond District to pick
28:32up the finished products I'm quite excited about this actually because CJ's look quite cool do you
28:37know what I mean I feel like I don't want to like I've got to have a look and because I've got big teeth
28:41anyway if I've got these in I feel a little quality and they're just like it's an easy thing to have
28:45that just goes ah he's the guy with the gold teeth hello what's up how are you how's it going
28:50you all right gold teeth USA has designed grills for rap legends and rising stars and now it was
28:57our turn we have your order yeah oh wicked right Rob you're the guy with some big ass teeth man
29:02correct uh yeah they're slight they're quite large oh my god they're the size of my finger man
29:07are they bigger than normal for you then a little bit do you have any do you have any gold left
29:11we had to use everything honestly listen nobody's ever looked at Rob's teeth and I include his wife
29:18in this I include his mum nobody has looked at his teeth and thought they could do with a bit of extra
29:22dimension I'd love those to be a bit wider and thicker yeah they're quite weighty because they're
29:26so big yeah yeah it's like me getting an eyelid droopier getting a set of curtains just for this one
29:32it makes no sense all right so this is the Robert yeah all right now this will be a little bit snug
29:40okay okay there you go they look great what do you think it's so awful
30:00it's so mentally do you know what the good thing is though how can I rap with Ethan is this how it
30:07works do you know what's good is it hasn't changed the way you talk it's with this stop where the
30:14bottom's going are you putting it on nose nose nose you definitely are putting that on no it's slippy
30:20okay get the other ones there you go oh it's funny for everyone else this this is this
30:34they look really good on you if that makes it a bit better I can't wear these a rap I sound like
30:41Louis Spence why didn't you get tops as well because I've got an implant thing waiting to come
30:57in there so it's a bit nervous oh yeah so I'll silly by look straight in you know I've got the
31:03grill in and went in fine Rob on the other hand it's mental they're so big I think they genuinely
31:13thought based on the scans they got that donkey from Shrek was coming to get some teeth I don't
31:20think they're to use dental tools I reckon they had a big cauldron just pouring it into a vat like
31:26making Thor's hammer it's so much gold it's actually immoral how much gold has gone into Rob's head
31:37but getting the grills onto our teeth was only half the challenge now you got to try to get them out
31:43okay starting to panic a little bit now it feels like it's all gonna come out it feels like I'm
32:01just gonna have nothing listen I've known Rob for a long time that two minutes where he's having a
32:20panic attack about his grills is better than any of his tools what's best wiggle or pull it's the
32:27funniest thing he has ever done in his life okay I'm having an out-body experience when you pull
32:42them out it feels like all your teeth are coming out and it's like they've been but fucked out your
32:46head okay let's go should we go yeah thanks guys thank you thank you guys I can't walk around with
32:54these in we're in New York doing my favorite thing in the world hip-hop but it's fair to say it's not
33:15going to plan after a bumpy start at the cipher and Rob hijacking a meeting with one of my all-time
33:24rap heroes that's fucking amazing man you got lines man now we were heading to our recording session with
33:30CJ fly and if I didn't step up this whole trip would be remembered for Rob's rapping and his insane
33:36grills all right that's yes CJ was in the studio of his engineer trees and first things first he
33:47wanted to show us to track so far just sold out all my work and now I got a real I lost the spelling me
33:53the word was on the monitor CJ made it look easy but given how the last few days had gone my confidence
34:00wasn't exactly flowing this is like a real deal like you know CJ said come and lay some verses down on a
34:05track you know he's getting six or seven million views on some of his videos and I think with me
34:13and Rob this will get six or seven views so this way y'all will come in right here right breakdown
34:26especially made for y'all oh god you guys ready no no no no Rob was first to debut his lyrics nice to
34:36meet you I'm a be lucky son diamond geezer CJ loved them I ain't gonna lie I believed in you but it was
34:45way better than I expected it's getting into time and hitting that yeah baby it's gonna be the challenge
34:51but now that Rob's verse have been signed off with flying colors the pressure on me had just been
34:56cracked up even more here we go I got you okay all right it's like one two three go rapping was the
35:06dream comedy was the backup plan it took 30 years and Rob Beckett for me to try again Romesh is the
35:11answer if who's good is the question I sometimes drink turmeric to aid my digestion oh my 40s I still
35:18don't have the answers still don't know if I have skills if I'm a chancer and so I tried to let
35:24bygones by I speak no lies and be more CJ fly yeah I'm fucking with it yeah I'm fucking with it
35:39really that was amazing oh shit man how was it thank you I'm blown away really real talk real
35:45talk with both our lyrics signed off by CJ Ron was first into the booth he's gonna smash this I can
35:52sense it absolutely rapping was the dream comedy was rubbish was unbelievable like you went in there
35:58it was effortless for me to try again Romesh is he should do that more it should just be a thing he
36:04does just a rapper I speak no lies and be more CJ fly one one take one take what I'd smashed it first
36:16time finally something had gone right this week now Rob had to follow it nice to meet you I'm a
36:29be lucky son diamond one second right so coming in too quick okay it goes doing and then you come
36:37in after that okay try again you got this nice to meet you I'm a be lucky son too early too early you
36:46got this take your time nice fella he's fucked Rob's one of the few people on the planet and I'd say
36:57he's almost unique in this he doesn't understand music right so I'm literally guessing I'm not
37:03exaggerating it took us 45 minutes to get him to record three words nice to meet you okay he's got
37:11nice to meet you now should we do it three words at a time it's basically like if this was a hospital
37:16when you were doctors you'd switch the machine off yeah let's face it a couple of hours of
37:22musical torture later nice to meet you I'm a be lucky son diamond geezer rhyme so tight you're
37:29gonna need a tweezer okay Rob was finally done cheers guys sorry painful all right you guys we got
37:39some good shit in we're gonna source it up and hopefully it sounds good enough to share with the
37:42world so great job our mission to record a verse with CJ fly had been a success roms confidence was
37:49back and CJ reckoned it was time for redemption we want to decipher but you guys were too nervous to
37:54spit bars well I think after this session you guys could definitely do that shit what you don't do a
37:59decipher I don't know if you should per se this is more of a wrong mesh thing yeah I think the wrong
38:05will shine right now well you know I don't want to tread on your toes you know I mean if if you know CJ
38:12thinks that you should do it and not me then I think that's probably a good decision all right well we
38:16was leaving you actually well done yeah no I know what you're doing what I think it's great
38:20he's being a good supporter for him I think you got it you're ready okay right okay
38:24CJ was backing me to rap at the Union Square Cypher it's like a fucking true nightmare oh my but
38:35rapping in a booth and freestyling in front of a crowd were very different things I've not got this
38:40until you've got to get in I'm in as much as I want to be the cypher was in full swing MCs kept
38:47jumping in but Rom was stuck to the spot 20 minutes in and Rom was still silent do you want me to get
39:06the attention and go you don't know where I'm from but I'm hearing my man Rom oh you could do that yeah
39:12have you got the guts to do that well something's gonna happen isn't it yeah yeah I don't believe if you see me
39:19I'll hide your body anyway claim any conscience getting paid off the nines since daddy's ready
39:24board better be ready for the shooters like daddy swords check check check you don't know where I'm
39:33from but I'm with my man Rom Robert delivered now all eyes were on me
39:45what you mean this rang a top gunner the rice with a spice come to run another number I don't know what
39:52that means I mean it's ain't about a rubber chisel with the sword like I was riding battle cap I'm really
39:57good at rapping abandon the others if rapping was a bed then I would be the covers if rapping was cooking
40:03then I would be your mother's if rapping was getting suffocated I'd be getting smothered fuck you up fuck you down and fuck you
40:09diagonal if rapping had eight sides I would be diagonal if rapping was anime I would be draggable if rapping
40:15were school dealers I would be spaggable and listen to me hip-hop its started in... 1973
40:23I'd done it it wasn't a mile but the crowd were into it and basically you know we want with the best
40:31I've done it.
40:39It wasn't 8 Mile, but the crowd were into it.
40:42And basically, you know we rhyme with the best.
40:45And when I say I be chilling with double law,
40:47I don't mean rough, brothers, I say robber or miss.
40:53Take the back and you love me when you ask me,
40:56hell yeah, hell yeah.
40:58Side to side and you love me the vibes,
41:00say hell yeah, hell yeah.
41:06Yo.
41:06Hey, how good was he?
41:08That was impressive.
41:09Oh my God, bro.
41:10Mate, that was so frightening.
41:12Bro, I didn't know you had that in you.
41:13I didn't either.
41:14That is so scary and you smashed that.
41:16Well, you got me in.
41:17He got me in.
41:18Did you see that?
41:18It was an out-of-body experience.
41:20I felt like I looked at us and go, yo, yo, check, check.
41:22That's a proper friend, isn't it?
41:23Yeah, no.
41:24Well, I had to get you in because you had enough on your plate.
41:26I could be the battering ram and he could come in and spit.
41:28Yeah.
41:29Word.
41:29That was an amazing experience.
41:31I love the tag team.
41:32I love everything.
41:33Thanks, man.
41:33Great job.
41:34Right, should we show you my little surprise?
41:36Surprise?
41:37Yeah, we've got a little.
41:38Come on.
41:38Oh, yeah.
41:38Hang on.
41:39Come on.
41:39All right.
41:40Go.
41:42And what?
41:44Yeah?
41:45Let's go!
41:46Let's go!
41:47Let's go!
41:48Looking fly, man.
41:50Salute.
41:50Salute.
41:51Love you, man.
41:52Love, bro.
41:53For sure.
41:53What a night.
41:54See y'all soon.
41:54We were walking away with CJ's seal of approval.
41:59Ron was acting like it was nothing, but I knew better.
42:02It's all good, baby.
42:04It was all a dream.
42:07He faced the fear, spat his bars and made it out the other side grinning.
42:11Not as much as me, though.
42:13Honestly, mate, that was amazing.
42:16Your balls are, like, still.
42:19There's more metal than your balls did in my mouth at the moment.
42:22And if you put your balls in my mouth, it would feel all weird, like when you have a filling
42:25with copper.
42:25You're not freestyling now.
42:27Mate, you getting me into that cypher was one of the nice things you've ever done.
42:32If you hadn't have done that, we'd still be there tomorrow.
42:35Yeah.
42:35Part of me was like, oh, I've really got to back me friend up and he's a bit nervous.
42:39Let's get him in, and part of me was like, I would quite like to finish and go for a
42:43beer, but, so I thought, let's speed it up.
42:51You look horrible.
42:52I feel horrible.
42:54You know what?
42:55I look at how I feel.
42:57Disgusting.
42:58Honestly, my appreciation for hip-hop through the roof.
43:01Oh, God.
43:01It's getting wet again.
43:03This is horrible.
43:04Right, give me a second.
43:09I've got an appreciation for hip-hop like no other.
43:13Okay.
43:13I can't keep this up.
43:15As I speak, it gets worse.
43:17Yeah.
43:19Oh, hell of a fun.
43:21Oh.
43:25I've got an appreciation for hip-hop.
43:27Great.
43:28I'm glad.
43:29The real big one.
43:30Yeah.
43:30That's how I'm freestyling again.
43:32Right, thank you, mate.
43:33Yeah, all right.
43:34You smashed that?
43:35Yeah.
43:35You should be proud.
43:36Great.
43:36Fate of black.
43:37Right, I'm going to go and sell these teeth.
43:38Yeah.
43:39You're coming.
43:43Oh, yeah.
43:44I'm coming.
43:45I'm running.
43:46Sorry.
43:47Oh, God.
43:49Just felt like a freestyle there.
43:50Yeah, yeah, yeah.
43:54I saw the future, but I'm now to see it.
44:00Hold out the money, I hung out with me here.
44:02I practice if I pray to Osho like it's hard to do it.
44:05They probably think I saw my soul, but I don't drive a key here.
44:08Rapping was a dream.
44:09Comedy was the backup plan.
44:11It took 30 years and Rebecca took me to try again.
44:14And so I tried to let bygones by.
44:16I speak no lies and be like CJ Fly.
44:19Wow.
44:20Nice to meet you.
44:21I'm a be lucky son.
44:23Diamond geezer.
44:24Rhymes so tight you're going to need a tweezer.
44:27Emperor of this game, but my name ain't Caesar.
44:29Yo, Rob, Romish.
44:33I heard the joint.
44:35It's dope.
44:36All right.
44:37This is your brother, the chef.
44:38I love y'all.
44:39Keep practicing your craft.
44:40Salud.
44:40Salud.
44:41Salud.
44:41I love you.
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